The Low surname appeared 12,032 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Low.
situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf that the baby could reach. of small extent upward: a low fence that he could jump over easily.
Used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency "His low, gravelly voice was instantly recognizable "; "The low-pitched hum of the refrigerator was barely noticeable ";
Obsolete by the 19th century, survives in toponymy as -low. From Middle English, from Old English hlōg, preterite of hliehhan (“to laugh" ). More at laugh.
low (plural lows) A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc). quotations
